A viral report that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike left Turkey for France to meet the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been deleted by the poster.
An ardent campaigner of Tinubu and Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on the Environment and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe, made the claim in a Facebook post on Thursday.
Igbokwe wrote on Facebook: “While they are on Social Media abusing everybody Gov Wike goes to France to meet Asiwaju. Abuse, calling names, hate and bigotry are no strategy.
Moments after the post went viral, Igbokwe deleted it, as he was challenged by some social media users to present pictorial evidence that the meeting took place.
There has been no official confirmation of the meeting from the camps of Tinubu and Wike.
Wike and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia are currently holidaying in Turkey, while Tinubu left Nigeria on 27 June to France.
The rumoured meeting between Wike and Tinubu titillated political buffs amid speculations that Wike has not been happy with the PDP since he lost the presidential ticket to Atiku Abubakar.
He was also overlooked for the vice-presidential ticket, which went to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
Wike’s associate and friend, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue added to the political soap opera when he said on Arise TV he was still praying and fasting to know if God wanted him to support Atiku or not.
